| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 2 | |
| 3 | [[folder:Kitty]] |
| 4 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kitty1.png]] |
| 5 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 6 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Roslyn Oades |
| 7 | The titular heroine, who is ''not'' a cat. A kindhearted little girl who desires nothing more than to be a cat herself (as evidenced by her orange cat costume and how she speaks entirely in meows). She showed up at the cats' doorstep one day and was taken in by them as one of their own. |
| 8 | ---- |
| 9 | * BadassAdorable: She has had several action-oriented moments, especially in "Scaredy Cats" during her battle against the "Tail Snatcher." |
| 10 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: She is usually a CheerfulChild, but she gets SO mad over the mice's antics or those of the Stinkletons. |
| 11 | * CatGirl: A little girl who aspires to be a cat. She ''never'' takes off her cat costume. She even wears it while taking a bath. |
| 12 | * CheerfulChild: She's almost never in a bad mood, and if she is, the cats are quick to realize something is up. |
| 13 | * CuteMute: Kitty never speaks; she only communicates in cat sounds, which neither the audience nor the actual cats understand. |
| 14 | * TheCutie: She is a very adorable, kindhearted, and fun-loving little girl dressed in a cat onesie. Even the cats can't help but "aww" at her playful antics. |
| 15 | * FauxPaw: She often does this when agitated or when cleaning her face and ears like a cat. |
| 16 | * FearlessFool: Kitty, in most circumstances. One episode does reveal that she is afraid of the dark, but for the most part, she's utterly fearless and not particularly aware of danger when it threatens. |
| 17 | * GenkiGirl: A cheerful and fun-loving little girl. |
| 18 | * HappilyAdopted: All of the cats love her dearly, essentially serving as her found family. |
| 19 | * InterspeciesAdoption: She's a little girl who aspires to be a cat, and for this reason, she has allowed herself to be adopted by a whole gang of them. |
| 20 | * MacGyvering: She has amazing "human problem solving" skills to save the day for the cats. |
| 21 | * NiceGirl: Kitty has a kind heart and a gentle demeanor, always seeing goodness in others and never having bad intentions. |
| 22 | * ParentalAbandonment: The exact fate of her true parents is never explored, and it's heavily implied she's an orphan. |
| 23 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: Stanley Stinkleton noted she's surprisingly strong for her size. Although it could be because he is himself so flabby. |
| 24 | * ThePollyanna: Kitty is pretty much always in the mood for fun and play. Almost nothing can bring her spirit down. |
| 25 | * TokenHuman: She's the only human inhabitant of the mansion, and the fact she is ''not'' a cat is as emphasized by the cats themselves as much as it is by the show itself. |
| 26 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Pineapple. |
| 27 | * TheUnintelligible: Speaks entirely in purrs and meows. Ironically, none of the cats can really understand what she says. |
| 28 | [[/folder]] |
| 29 | |
| 30 | !!'''The Cats''' |
| 31 | |
| 32 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 33 | 15 stray cats of various breeds and personalities who have inherited the mansion of a wealthy baroness who took them in as her pets. They spend their days playing music and having fun, but when Kitty enters their lives, they become her loving foster family and do their best to teach her how to be a human. |
| 34 | ---- |
| 35 | * CatConcerto: A variation. They're a gang of cats, each talented in a particular instrument, and they spend their time making a racket in their abandoned mansion with their music and parties - much to the annoyance of their human neighbors. |
| 36 | * CutenessOverload: Their reaction to Kitty and nearly everything she does. |
| 37 | * FamilyOfChoice: For Kitty. While Kitty's biological family is a mystery, the cats adore her as they would a daughter, granddaughter, or niece (or sister in the case of Timmy Tom). |
| 38 | * FunnyAnimal: The cats occupy this role, and are even seen talking to humans. |
| 39 | * LifeOfTheParty: They love partying so much that they use dog years so they can each have birthday parties seven times a year. |
| 40 | * ParentalSubstitute: The adult cats of the gang (which is to say all of them except Timmy Tom) act as Kitty's parental figures, particularly Petal, The Nazz in Season 1, and Ming in Seasons 2 and 3. |
| 41 | * PetHeir: They all previously strays until individually taken in by a wealthy but eccentric baroness, who left her mansion to them in her will. |
| 42 | [[/folder]] |
| 43 | |
| 44 | [[folder:King Tubby]] |
| 45 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kt6.png]] |
| 46 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RoveMcManus |
| 47 | An overweight black-and-white Persian and the (self-appointed) "king of all cats". King Tubby is the leader of the cats and fancies himself an expert in how humans act. And while he ultimately means well, it's generally best not to take his "wisdom" ''too'' seriously. Unlike the other cats, he does not play an instrument. |
| 48 | ---- |
| 49 | * AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Wears a tin can on his head like a crown. |
| 50 | * AdiposeRex: As his name suggests. he's a pretty plump cat, on top of also being the self-declared ruler of cats. |
| 51 | * AuthorityInNameOnly: He fancies himself as a king and while he acts as the leader to the other cats, they don't really respect his authority and seem to mostly allow him to act as one to humor him. |
| 52 | * BuffoonishTomcat: A portly feline who has appointed himself the ruler of all cats and an expert in humans, despite really mostly being a bumbling oaf. |
| 53 | * ButtMonkey: A frequent victim of the show's slapstick. |
| 54 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: Frequently does this, especially regarding humans and their ways. |
| 55 | * TheDitz: Which is most evident in his warped understanding of human society. |
| 56 | * DumbassHasAPoint: While his lectures on human nature are mostly just nonsense, King Tubby will occasionally provide interesting, satirical commentary on an aspect of human culture, society, and behavior. |
| 57 | * FakeAristocrat: King Tubby claims to be the king of all cats. In reality, he's just another stray, and not a particularly bright one at that. |
| 58 | * FatIdiot: He's a portly cat with an inflated opinion of himself and an extraordinarily poor understanding of human society. |
| 59 | * ItsAllAboutMe: King Tubby has an extremely high opinion of himself, especially when it comes to his authority over the others and his knowledge on human society. |
| 60 | * KnowNothingKnowItAll: King Tubby thinks he's an expert on humans and human behavior. About OnceAnEpisode he'll lapse into a detailed explanation on some particularity about humans, which is without fail based on a spectacular misunderstanding. |
| 61 | * TheLeader: He acts as this for the other cats, who generally seem to go along with it despite not really taking him very seriously. |
| 62 | * LiteralMinded: A lot of his understanding of human society is based on taking things literally. |
| 63 | * {{Malapropism}}: Frequently mispronounces big words or misuses them as a sign of his oversized opinion of his own intellect. |
| 64 | * MeaningfulName: He is rather chubby and considers himself royalty. |
| 65 | * RightForTheWrongReasons: His flawed "research" on human behavior often ends up building up to usable advice. |
| 66 | * SmallNameBigEgo: He believes himself to be the ruler of all cats, with the ego to match, but mostly, he's just a clueless buffoon. |
| 67 | * SpotlightStealingSquad: He's easily the most heavily focused-on cat in the series, receiving numerous limelight episodes and large amounts of dialogue in most appearances. |
| 68 | * TooImportantToWalk: Usually gets around by having his throne pushed about by two mice. |
| 69 | * UncannyFamilyResemblance: His mother not only looks, but acts a lot like him. |
| 70 | [[/folder]] |
| 71 | |
| 72 | [[folder:Happy]] |
| 73 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/happy2.png]] |
| 74 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RupertDegas |
| 75 | A grey-furred Chartreux who has his EyesAlwaysShut. What Happy lacks in good eyesight, he more than makes up for in sheer optimism and cheerfulness. After all, when you have eyes like his, it's impossible to see anything except the bright side of any situation! He plays the trombone. |
| 76 | ---- |
| 77 | * ButtMonkey: His terrible eyesight and WideEyedIdealist tendencies means that a lot of bad things tend to happen to him. In fact, he's probably the most frequently injured of the cats alongside King Tubby and Last Chance. |
| 78 | * CantSeeADamnThing: His eyesight is absolutely atrocious, preventing him being able to identify pretty much anything correctly. |
| 79 | * EyesAlwaysShut: By default. The few times his eyes go full wide, he's surprised or shocked. They're also implied to be the reason for his terrible eyesight. |
| 80 | * MeaningfulName: He is always in good cheer. |
| 81 | * ThePollyanna: No matter how many hardships he faces, he sees magic in everything. It might very well be the only thing he sees, indeed. |
| 82 | * WideEyedIdealist: Due to his cheerful nature and terrible eyesight, he often makes overly optimistic assumptions about the world around him. One episode even sees him get glasses and become depressed as a result of being able to see many disappointments for the first time, |
| 83 | [[/folder]] |
| 84 | |
| 85 | [[folder:Mr. Clean]] |
| 86 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mrclean3.png]] |
| 87 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RupertDegas |
| 88 | A brown-furred Maine Coon with a Cockney accent who, despite his name, is anything but clean. While it's hard to say how much of his fur color is just unwashed grime, the ever-humble Mr. Clean is very content with the state of his hygiene. As he puts it, "I like dirt. Good things come out of dirt. Nothin' fancy." He plays the violin. |
| 89 | ---- |
| 90 | * CaringGardener: He's a simple, salt-of-the-earth type who grows fruits and vegetables. |
| 91 | * DumpsterDive: Frequently scavenges for food scraps from trash cans. He prefers the taste of that stuff over regular food. |
| 92 | * FilthyFun: Mr. Clean doesn't mind getting dirty at all, and frankly, prefers things that come out from dirt and trash. |
| 93 | * HiddenDepths: His love of getting messy means he's good at any job that requires him to get dirty, and in particular, he's a proficient gardener who really knows his way around fruits and vegetables. |
| 94 | * IronicName: Mr. Clean, who (unusually for a cat) is ThePigpen. |
| 95 | * OutOfFocus: Tends not to appear that frequently compared to the other cats, having few focus episodes and even not showing up that much in group shots. |
| 96 | * ThePigpen: His defining characteristic. Mr. Clean is extremely filthy and not bothered by this in the slightest. Several episodes even indicate that his fur is not naturally brown; he just never bathes! |
| 97 | [[/folder]] |
| 98 | |
| 99 | [[folder:Last Chance]] |
| 100 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lastchance2.png]] |
| 101 | ->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/RoveMcManus |
| 102 | A green tabby with an eye patch, an arm cast, and a peg leg. CatsHaveNineLives, but Last Chance has already used up eight of them. And while he may be on his last leg, Last Chance won't let that stand in his way -- even despite his apparent inability to escape potentially fatal or injurious situations. He plays the trumpet. |
| 103 | ---- |
| 104 | * AmusingInjuries: He certainly gets the most serious ones, but they're still usually played for laughs. The fact that he's apparently completely used to it makes it funnier. |
| 105 | * AnArmAndALeg: His arm is always in a plaster and he has a peg leg. He's also the mansion's handyperson when it comes to maintenance. No one seems to realize what a terrible idea this is. |
| 106 | * BlackComedy: From his name to his usual antics. When Last Chance is around, jokes will be made about the fact that if he were to die, he'd [[KilledOffForReal be gone forever]]. Yet it doesn't stop him from putting himself in danger and he's very relaxed about it. |
| 107 | * ButtMonkey: Easily the biggest one among all the cats. While King Tubby and Happy get hit by slapstick quite a bit, nothing they go through ever matches the misfortunes faced by Last Chance on a regular basis. |
| 108 | * CatsHaveNineLives: He's used up his previous eight and while the universe seems determined to expend his last life, he has a miraculous way of surviving them all. |
| 109 | * TheChewToy: His whole characterization is based around just how much he suffers as a result of being on his last life - and its entirely PlayedForLaughs. |
| 110 | * DubNameChange: The Spanish dub uses translations of the cats' English names, except for him. Since "Ultima Oportunidad" would be hard to fit in the lip-syncing, his name in Spanish is changed to "Hecho Polvo"[[note]]A Spanish way of saying you're very tired.[[/note]] |
| 111 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In the first episode, he gets exempted from participating in something dangerous because he's only got one life left. Later, he seems perfectly alright with doing all sorts of things that could very well take it in the blink of an eye. |
| 112 | * EyepatchOfPower: It covers a normal-looking eye, however. |
| 113 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: In one episode, his usual carelessness gets him stuck under a heavy pantry while the room is quickly getting flooded with water. He very casually remarks "So this is how it ends", but he's saved in the end. |
| 114 | * {{Herald}}: He often acts as this to King Tubby, playing his trumpet to announce King Tubby's arrival and any meetings the cats holds. |
| 115 | * ItRunsInTheFamily: He fondly remembers his dear auntie Carmen, who "lived her nine lives to the fullest. [[BlackComedy Unfortunately she never learned how to count]]." The photos show that she looked just like him, with a countdown of her lives accompanying every photograph where she's about to lose one. |
| 116 | * MadeOfIron: He appears to be more like DentedIron, yet for a cat who is supposedly on his last life, he's been seen surviving tremendous amounts of damage. |
| 117 | * MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Prone to this. In one episode, Miley has to inform him that his tail is on fire. |
| 118 | * MeaningfulName: He's already lost eight of his nine lives. |
| 119 | * ScarsAreForever: He has a stitch on his tummy. |
| 120 | [[/folder]] |
| 121 | |
| 122 | [[folder:Thorn]] |
| 123 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thorn1.png]] |
| 124 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Cal Wilson |
| 125 | A black-and-white Sphynx cat with a Russian accent. Thorn's appearance and voice might remind one of a East European femme fatale straight from a Cold War-era spy flick, but underneath her classy and intimidating personality and her sharp tongue, she has a major soft spot for Kitty. She is the lead singer of the cats. |
| 126 | ---- |
| 127 | * ActionGirl: One of the most physically-oriented cats, and female. |
| 128 | * AloofDarkHairedGirl: Thorn has black fur and acts like this. |
| 129 | * BerserkButton: Do ''not'' be rude to her, especially if you're a human. |
| 130 | * ClassyCatBurglar: Displays traits of this, with one episode implying she used to pursue such a career. |
| 131 | * TheComicallySerious: She's one of the less wacky cats among the cast, but her aloof personality clashing with the likes of Cheeta and King Tubby are a major source of her comedy. |
| 132 | * CoolCat: As the show's ExpositoryThemeTune says, " Thorn's so cool and she's sharp as a tack." And while she's definitely "cool" in a different way from Ginsburg and The Nazz, her no-nonsense character gives her a certain edge that impresses the other cats. |
| 133 | * DeadpanSnarker: Her humorless personality and sharp tongue often makes her this, especially around [[KnowNothingKnowItAll King Tubby]]. |
| 134 | * TheDiva: A G-rated example. King Tubby describes her as such, and she possesses the graceful, mature, confident, and proud personality to go with it. |
| 135 | * HartmanHips: She, along with Petal, are the only female cats in the cast to possess these. |
| 136 | * HatesBeingNicknamed: She hates being nicknamed, that’s her BerserkButton. |
| 137 | * InvulnerableKnuckles: She destroyed a wall in the house by punching it. |
| 138 | * MoralityPet: Despite her sharp personality, she genuinely loves Kitty. |
| 139 | * MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: If she's truly Slavic, that might explain her InvulnerableKnuckles above. |
| 140 | * PunchAWall: She does that to soothe her nerves and emphasize her threats. The wall usually loses. |
| 141 | * SensualSlavs: Downplayed since it's a children's show and she's a cat, but she speaks in a distinctive Slavic accent and has a "dark majestic dangerous lady" vibe. |
| 142 | [[/folder]] |
| 143 | |
| 144 | [[folder:Pierre]] |
| 145 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pierre2.png]] |
| 146 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RupertDegas |
| 147 | A cyan tabby who is part of a rock band with Cheeta and Ginsburg. As one might be able to tell from his name and his impressive moustache, Pierre is a proud and sophisticated French feline. Because his skills in the culinary arts are second to none among the cats, he is also the mansion's cook. He plays the electric bass. |
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| 149 | * AnimalFacialHair: He sports a classy twirled French moustache instead of the usual whiskers all the other cats have. |
| 150 | * CordonBleughChef: Usually averted, although Cheeta once said of his fish soup that it could "scratch the paint from a battleship". |
| 151 | * FrenchCuisineIsHaughty: He's the mansion's chef and can cook some pretty elaborated meals, but the others usually don't mind as he's very good at his job. He does tends to get upset when his work is unappreciated, though. |
| 152 | * GratuitousFrench: He punctuates his heavily-accented speech with French expressions like "bon sang" or "oh la vache". |
| 153 | * OutOfFocus: One of the less heavily featured cats in the series, usually acting as a backup alongside Ginsburg for Cheeta. |
| 154 | * SupremeChef: He cooks all the cats' meals and is excellent at his job, most of the time. |
| 155 | * TeamChef: Since he's the only one of the cats who knows how to cook, he keeps all the other cats in the mansion fed. |
| 156 | [[/folder]] |
| 157 | |
| 158 | [[folder:Cheeta]] |
| 159 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cheeta4.png]] |
| 160 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RoveMcManus |
| 161 | A cyan Siamese cat who plays in a rock band with Ginsburg and Pierre. Cheeta is quirky even by the standards of this eccentric bunch of cats, with plenty of kooky ideas that are often supported by various items that he acquires from his connections to an unseen individual named Ted. He plays the electric guitar. |
| 162 | ---- |
| 163 | * BuffoonishTomcat: A wacky CloudCuckoolander prone to {{Zany Scheme}}s and letting himself get scammed. |
| 164 | * CloudCuckoolander: Of all the cats, Cheeta probably gets the most creative when it comes to bizarre misunderstandings and unique ways of looking at the world. For instance, when looking for a teddy bear for Kitty, he gets a real, living bear and insists that it counts because he got it off a man named Ted. He also thinks it's a good idea to stick a brick in a blender to make brick milkshake (though he wasn't too thrilled with the results). |
| 165 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: If it's at all possible to miss the point about anything, Cheeta will miss the point. |
| 166 | * GadgeteerGenius: His {{Zany Scheme}}s frequently involve inventions of his own design that inevitably go very, very wrong. |
| 167 | * GeniusDitz: He's a {{Motor Mouth}}ed CloudCuckoolander who constantly hatches wacky plans and gets involved in scams, but he's also shown to be a capable inventor and ''occasionally'' has a genuinely bright idea. |
| 168 | * IKnowAGuy: Regularly phones his "friend" Ted, who appears to be a versatile trader, fence, and conman. Cheeta being Cheeta, he never realizes how often Ted screws him over. |
| 169 | * MadScientist: He managed to [[MacGyvering modify]] a toy robot dog to make it a robot cat. He's been shown to have ''some'' understanding of a lot of things, but always a very warped one. |
| 170 | * MotorMouth: He tends to ramble. A ''lot.'' Especially when he doesn't actually have anything to say. |
| 171 | -->'''King Tubby:''' [Kitty] is in fact wanting to play a thing called -- eughh -- ''sport.''\ |
| 172 | '''Cheeta:''' Hey, whoa. all right, got it, got it, that makes a lot of sense, I mean, we was worried for a moment there, but now you explained it -- how could I have thought otherwise? ''Hello!'' Hello, hello, Cheeta, anyone home?! Heh heh, okay, okay. ''Phew!'' On the same page now, I mean, who's running this show, am I right?! But can I just, you know, take a moment to speak on behalf of all of us and just, uh... what is sport? |
| 173 | * SpotlightStealingSquad: One of the more heavily featured cats of the group, frequently being put alongside King Tubby for their shared penchant for bad ideas and buffoonery. |
| 174 | * ZanyScheme: Tends to cook these up more than any of the other cats do. And while the other cats largely object to his daft ideas, he never lets them stop him. |
| 175 | [[/folder]] |
| 176 | |
| 177 | [[folder:Ginsburg]] |
| 178 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ginsburg2.png]] |
| 179 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Vincent Milesi |
| 180 | A cyan tabby with a small goatee who plays in the same rock band as Pierre and Cheeta. While he's not exactly the talkative type, Ginsburg is as cool as a CoolCat can get, looking and acting like a classic {{Beatnik}} -- complete with the habit of peppering his speech with "like" and "man". He plays the drums. |
| 181 | ---- |
| 182 | * AnimalFacialHair: He's got a goatee. Not too many cats have goatees. |
| 183 | * {{Beatnik}}: Displays many of the classic beatnik traits, such as the facial hair, the talent for playing drums, the laidback personality, and the frequent usage of "like" and "man" in his vocabulary. |
| 184 | * CoolCat: He's a cat and also a stereotypical {{Beatnik}}, making him easily one of the coolest individuals in the mansion. |
| 185 | * LikeIsLikeAComma: Like, he tends to put a lot of "like" into his sentences, man. |
| 186 | * OutOfFocus: One of the less frequently featured cats, being mostly relegated to appearing alongside Pierre as part of Cheeta's band. |
| 187 | * VerbalTic: Frequently adds "man" at the end of his sentences. |
| 188 | [[/folder]] |
| 189 | |
| 190 | [[folder:Ming]] |
| 191 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ming1.png]] |
| 192 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RupertDegas |
| 193 | A rotund Balinese with a light Chinese accent. While his strict, haughty, and secretive personality, combined with his name and accent, might bring to mind the YellowPeril villains of old sci-fi serials, Ming possesses a HiddenHeartOfGold, especially for Kitty -- not that he'd ever admit it. He plays the keyboard. |
| 194 | ---- |
| 195 | * AscendedExtra: He was one of the less focused-on cats during the first season, but Seasons 2 and 3 significantly expand on his role and characterization, as he takes over The Nazz's role among the cats. |
| 196 | * AsianRudeness: He's a Chinese-accented Balinese cat based on YellowPeril villains, and prone to being blunt and unfriendly. However, he's really not that bad once one gets to know him. |
| 197 | * TheComicallySerious: Much like Thorn, he's one of the less wacky characters in the show, but his humorless demeanor remains a source of comedy, particularly when he has to deal with the antics of King Tubby. |
| 198 | * DeadpanSnarker: Prone to make snide remarks about the other cats, particularly King Tubby. |
| 199 | * DrivesLikeCrazy: He is the only one of the cats who can drive, and mans their car as a result. That doesn't mean he can do it well, however. |
| 200 | * HiddenDepths: Has a secret love of progressive rock. |
| 201 | * HypercompetentSidekick: He often acts as King Tubby's advisor, and given King Tubby's oafish character, Ming is usually the one who has to manage things in his stead. |
| 202 | * InscrutableOriental: Due to being based on characters like Ming the Merciless, his character heavily draws from this trope, possessing a secretive and no-nonsense demeanor, on top of also being one the more intelligent cats in the cast. However, he's generally characterized as more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, particularly in Season 2, having a genuine warmth for Kitty underneath his cold personality. |
| 203 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ming is rude, haughty, and dismissive at the best of times, but he [[HiddenHeartOfGold cares more than he lets on]]. |
| 204 | * MoralityPet: Kitty becomes this for him in Seasons 2 and 3. As he takes over The Nazz's role, he also assumes The Nazz's relationship with Kitty, showing much more of his soft side during the end-of-episode reflections with Kitty. Contrast that with his Season 1 self, who was the only cat who expressed dislike for Kitty's presence in the mansion and even tried to get rid of her. |
| 205 | * OnlySaneMan: A trait of his more prominent in Seasons 2 and 3, assuming this role from The Nazz. While he can be rather strict and is generally not for displaying affection, he remains one of the more rational cats in the group. |
| 206 | * ShoutOut: His character is heavily based on Ming the Merciless, the villain of ''ComicStrip/FlashGordon''. While his name is the most obvious indication of this, he also sometimes dorns a red cloak similar to that worn by the character in [[Film/FlashGordon1980 the 1980 movie adaptation]]. |
| 207 | * TookALevelInKindness: He became nicer in Seasons 2 and 3, taking over The Nazz's role as Kitty's father figure and generally showing more care for her compared to Season 1 (where he outright tried to abandon her in the city dump in one episode). |
| 208 | [[/folder]] |
| 209 | |
| 210 | [[folder:Timmy Tom]] |
| 211 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/timmy_tom1.png]] |
| 212 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Rachel King |
| 213 | A light blue tabby and the youngest of the cats. Timmy Tom is a playful and cheerful kitten about the same age as Kitty. As a result, he is the closest to her of all the cats in the mansion, being almost inseparable from Kitty and often having fun and getting into mischief with her. He plays the tambourine. |
| 214 | ---- |
| 215 | * TheBabyOfTheBunch: He's the youngest cat in the mansion and the only kitten among them, being approximately the same age as Kitty in cat years. |
| 216 | * CatsHateWater: Averted. Timmy loves to swim and will occasionally go over to the neighbors' to use their bathtub, much to their chagrin. |
| 217 | * CheerfulChild: He's a very optimistic and enthusiastic young kitten. |
| 218 | * CuddleBug: Loves to hug his best friend, Kitty. |
| 219 | * CuteKitten: A fun-loving and kindhearted kitten who acts as Kitty's brother figure and is her best friend among the cats. |
| 220 | * CuteLittleFangs: Has noticeably tiny little fangs visible when he opens his mouth. |
| 221 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: He and Kitty are the closest friends among all the other cats in the mansion. |
| 222 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: With Kitty. Whereas the other cats are more like parents/grandparents or aunts/uncles to Kitty, Timmy Tom's tender age gives him a more sibling-like dynamic with the young girl, and the two are extremely close. |
| 223 | [[/folder]] |
| 224 | |
| 225 | [[folder:Petal]] |
| 226 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/petal3.png]] |
| 227 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Cal Wilson |
| 228 | A grey-furred Russian Blue. Petal is a calm, gentle, sensitive, and soft-spoken individual who is always looking out for the others in the mansion (especially Kitty). And while she can be rather overbearing with her kindness and supportiveness, she is easily the most responsible of the cats. She plays the saxophone. |
| 229 | ---- |
| 230 | * BerserkButton: She really doesn’t appreciate others taking her kindness for granted, five of the cats learned it the hard way in “Petal Pushers”. She also can’t tolerate [[MamaBear anyone doing anything bad to Kitty]]. |
| 231 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: She is easily the nicest cat in the mansion, as long as anyone doesn’t take her kindness for granted… |
| 232 | * FacePalm: As one of the saner cats in the mansion, she is often driven to doing this - especially if King Tubby or Cheeta are involved. |
| 233 | * GoshDangItToHeck: A frequent RunningGag with her is to make such exclamations before saying "Pardon my French" and then apologizing to Pierre for using that phrase (who usually remarks that what she said isn't actually French). |
| 234 | * HartmanHips: Like Thorn, her hips are noticeably large for a cat. |
| 235 | * MamaBear: She doesn't approve of anyone doing anything bad to Kitty. |
| 236 | * MyBelovedSmother: Her motherly demeanor towards Kitty and the other cats sometimes veers into this territory, driving the other cats crazy and sometimes even being too much for Kitty. |
| 237 | * NiceGirl: She's a very sweet-natured cat, being the most motherly of the group and extremely caring towards Kitty. |
| 238 | * NotSoAboveItAll: She's generally characterized as one of the more sensible among the cats, but she can go a bit overboard with her motherliness sometimes and is as prone to being baffled by human nature as all the other cats are. |
| 239 | * TeamMom: She's basically Kitty's mother figure among the cats, but will also assume this role for the other felines (to their annoyance). In particular, she lectures the other cats and Kitty often, and is usually the one to answer the front door. She's also the most protective of Kitty. |
| 240 | [[/folder]] |
| 241 | |
| 242 | [[folder:The Nazz]] |
| 243 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_nazz1.png]] |
| 244 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Stephen Hall |
| 245 | A dark orange Norwegian Forest cat with a purple scarf and a blue cap. The Nazz is the oldest and wisest of the cats, having spent his youth travelling the world and playing music professionally. Able to keep his head on when things get crazy, he's also the only cat with a halfway decent understanding of humans. He plays the piano. |
| 246 | ---- |
| 247 | * AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Wears a scarf and a hat. |
| 248 | * CoolCat: A retired Jazz pianist with a rational, easygoing personality who also happens to be a talking cat. |
| 249 | * CoolOldGuy: He's the oldest of cats, and as a Jazz musician who used to travel the world and now assumes the role of OnlySaneMan and father figure to Kitty, he's definitely a cool guy. |
| 250 | * DemotedToExtra: '''''MASSIVELY.''''' In Season 1, The Nazz was basically the second most important of the cats after King Tubby, playing the role of OnlySaneMan and Kitty's father figure among the cats and also hosting the end-of-episode reflections alongside Kitty. In Season 2 and 3 however, he barely ever appears in the series, and with the exception of a single episode, all of his appearances are non-speaking cameos. As a result, many of the roles he played in Season 1 are assigned to other cats, most prominently Ming. |
| 251 | * FacePalm: As the OnlySaneMan of the cats, he frequently reacts with these, especially when it comes to King Tubby. |
| 252 | * HardWorkHardlyWorks: Defied. He's the most proficient musician in the mansion and regularly records new songs. When asked how long it took him to learn the piano, his answer is "Twelve years, and counting". |
| 253 | * OnlySaneMan: He's easily the smartest and most rational of all 15 felines, possessing a much better understanding of humans than the others do and always managing to keep his cool no matter the situation. As the ExpositoryThemeTune explains, he "steers things right when it seems like they're going so wrong." |
| 254 | * NeverBareheaded: Has yet to be seen without his iconic cap. Apparently, he had the same one in his youth. |
| 255 | * SpellMyNameWithAThe: It's "''The'' Nazz," thank you very much. |
| 256 | * TheReliableOne: The oldest and wisest of the cats. He's intelligent, reasonable, level-headed, and maybe the only cat with any decent understanding of humans. |
| 257 | * TheStoner: Implied. He apparently was around to see TheSixties, but "doesn't remember much from that decade". |
| 258 | * TeamDad: Acts as this to the rest of the mansion's inhabitants, especially Kitty. His fatherly relationship with the latter (probably the most important relationship she has among the mansion's cats aside her friendship with Timmy Tom) is well demonstrated in the end-of-episode reflections he shares with Kitty. |
| 259 | * WalkingTheEarth: He was a nomadic wanderer in his youth, going from place to place "searching for his tune". |
| 260 | [[/folder]] |
| 261 | |
| 262 | [[folder:Miley]] |
| 263 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/miley1.png]] |
| 264 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Rachel King |
| 265 | A light pink tabby with large glasses. Miley is almost never seen without her whiskers tucked into a book, usually only popping her head out to make a witty or sarcastic remark. She prides herself as on her uniqueness among the cats, keeping to herself most of the time. She plays synthwave music. |
| 266 | ---- |
| 267 | * AutoTune: As her preferred form of music is synthwave and other forms of electronic/computer-based music, autotune is her preferred method of singing, usually via a Vocoder. |
| 268 | * AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: Wears eyeglasses. |
| 269 | * BerserkButton: Do ''NOT'' touch her records. |
| 270 | * {{Bookworm}}: She's usually seen with her head buried in a book, often trying her best to ignore the wackiness going on around her. |
| 271 | * DeadpanSnarker: Her intelligence and the pride she takes in her uniqueness means she's prone to making snide remarks about the other cats, especially King Tubby. |
| 272 | * FacePalm: As one of the more intelligent cats in the household, she is often driven to doing this. |
| 273 | * FurryFemaleMane: Unlike Petal and Thorn, Miley possesses short human-like hair on her head that, along with her pink fur, serves to make her gender more obvious to viewers. |
| 274 | * {{Hipster}}: She views herself as the most unique of the cats and takes great lengths to maintain her status as such, being a passionate fan of various types of alternative music. |
| 275 | * PinkMeansFeminine: Downplayed. Though she has pink fur and is female, she's not as feminine when compared to the likes of Petal or Thorn. |
| 276 | * RageBreakingPoint: Just look at this [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/kitty-is-not-a-cat/images/d/d1/44E9332E-CE4C-444C-8DDF-7786B959D74F.jpeg/revision/latest?cb=20220916192504 picture]]! She lost it at everyone for messing up the movie! However, she apologized to Kitty for getting angry at everyone. |
| 277 | * TheReliableOne: Subverted. Like The Nazz, she's intelligent, cultured and rational. Unlike him, she usually doesn't care enough about the other cats' shenanigans to do anything about it (except make a snarky comment). |
| 278 | * SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Miley is one of the more intelligent cats among the group and the only one who wears glasses. |
| 279 | [[/folder]] |
| 280 | |
| 281 | [[folder:Spook]] |
| 282 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spook3.png]] |
| 283 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Jamie Aditya |
| 284 | An orange Abyssinian. As his name suggests, Spook is a literal scaredy cat, terrified of and startled by nearly everything and always afraid that something will go wrong. He is also a huge fan of the ridiculously over-the-top medical soap opera ''[[SoapWithinAShow Romantic General Hospital]]''. He plays the turntable. |
| 285 | ---- |
| 286 | * CannotTellFictionFromReality: He's convinced that the actors on ''Romantic General Hospital'' are real doctors and aspires to follow in their footsteps. |
| 287 | * CoolShades: He wears a pair when he's DJ-ing. |
| 288 | * {{Fanboy}}: His other defining trait asides from his cowardly nature is his massive obsession with ''Romantic General Hospital''. |
| 289 | * HiddenDepths: Due to his obsession with ''Romantic General Hospital'', he has learned several skills from it, such as how to modify a walkie-talkie to triangulate the position of another one. |
| 290 | * LovableCoward: He's a massive worrywart who panics at the smallest things, but is nonetheless a good-natured fellow. |
| 291 | * SurpriseJump: Frequently pulls these off, usually seen dangling from the light fixture shortly afterward. |
| 292 | * TaughtByTelevision: He's absolutely obsessed with the SoapWithinAShow "Romantic General Hospital" and has picked up quite a few things from it. |
| 293 | * VisualPun: He's a literal scaredy cat. |
| 294 | [[/folder]] |
| 295 | |
| 296 | [[folder:Luna]] |
| 297 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/luna1.png]] |
| 298 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Rachel King |
| 299 | A brown-furred tabby. Luna is possibly the most laidback cat you could possibly meet. There is pretty much nothing in the world that can harsh her mellow, and worrying about anything is a foreign concept to her. And while it does make her rather lazy, she really knows how to chill. She plays the zither. |
| 300 | ---- |
| 301 | * CoolCat: Like The Nazz and Ginsburg, she's characterized as one of the "cooler" cats in the house, thanks to her relaxed attitude. |
| 302 | * FurryFemaleMane: Much like Miley, Luna has more human-like hair than the other cats to indicate her gender. Unlike Miley however, her hair is much thicker and she also lacks a feminine color to emphasize she is female. |
| 303 | * MellowFellow: Her defining characteristic is her extremely relaxed and laidback personality, even compared to the likes of The Nazz or Ginsburg. She is chill and calm most of the time, often to the point of carefree laziness. |
| 304 | * OutOfFocus: She's one of the less frequently appearing and focused-on cats in the series. |
| 305 | * SanitySlippage: Nearly had a nervous breakdown after using Kitty's paper fortune teller. |
| 306 | * ValleyGirl: Downplayed. She speaks in a more American-sounding accent than the other cats and has an informal manner of speech complete with heavy usage of BuffySpeak and LikeIsLikeAComma. |
| 307 | [[/folder]] |
| 308 | |
| 309 | !!'''The Stinkletons''' |
| 310 | |
| 311 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 312 | A foolish and dysfunctional family of humans who live next door to the cats. They don't like their feline neighbors very much, but the cats themselves are greatly bemused by their behavior. King Tubby often uses them to make points about human nature, believing them to be perfect representatives of human behavior. |
| 313 | ---- |
| 314 | * CrankyNeighbor: They serve as this to the cats, being annoyed by the cats' shenanigans when not bickering with each other. |
| 315 | * DysfunctionalFamily: They're constantly arguing with each other and barely get along most of the time. |
| 316 | * {{Expy}}: As a clueless but unsympathetic family of ordinary humans composed of a surly and unpleasant father, a haughty and doting mother, and their overweight and unintelligent son used by the series as satirical exemplaries of the average middle-class person, it's not hard to see them as like the Dursleys of ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fame. |
| 317 | [[/folder]] |
| 318 | |
| 319 | [[folder:Harold Stinkleton]] |
| 320 | [[quoteright:339:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/harold1.png]] |
| 321 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RupertDegas |
| 322 | The patriarch of the Stinkletons. He's idiosyncratically grumpy and clueless, often having terrible luck as a result. He is also extremely submissive towards his wife and generally has a poor relationship with his son, being constantly walked over by the both of them. The cats annoy him to no end as well. |
| 323 | ---- |
| 324 | * BumblingDad: Despite being the patriarch of the family, he constantly runs into misfortune, is bossed around by his wife, can barley get his son to obey him, and is generally a bad-tempered buffoon. |
| 325 | * ButtMonkey: If Harold appears in an episode, chances are something bad will happen to him. |
| 326 | * HenpeckedHusband: And how. Olive is constantly bossing him around and frequently threatens to boot him out of the house. |
| 327 | * {{Jerkass}}: He's every bit as surly and short-tempered as he is clueless and dimwitted. |
| 328 | * ManChild: He's got a rubber duck whom he loves and calls Bertrand, but won't ever admit to his wife that he plays (and talks) with it in his bath. |
| 329 | [[/folder]] |
| 330 | |
| 331 | [[folder:Olive Stinkleton]] |
| 332 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/olive1_7.png]] |
| 333 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Rachel King |
| 334 | Harold's wife. She's typically prissy and haughty, but also extremely bossy towards her long-suffering husband. On the other hand, dotes on her son, Stanley, and spoils him rotten. She strongly detests the cats next door and would be more than happy to see them gone from her life (not that the cats care). |
| 335 | ---- |
| 336 | * MyBelovedSmother: To her son, Stanley. |
| 337 | * SiblingRivalry: When she comes to believe that Stanley is a piano prodigy, her first idea is to have him cultivate that talent. Not for his own accomplishment or upbringing, but so she can brag about it to her sister. |
| 338 | [[/folder]] |
| 339 | |
| 340 | [[folder:Stanley Stinkleton]] |
| 341 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stanley2.png]] |
| 342 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Marg Downey |
| 343 | Harold and Olive's lazy, moronic, spoiled, self-centered, overweight, and underachieving son. He spends his time playing videogames and loafing around, actively seeking to do as little worthwhile as possible with his life. He sometimes gets involved in activities with Kitty, often causing trouble for her in them. |
| 344 | ---- |
| 345 | * FatBastard: An overweight brat who often causes trouble for Kitty and has pretty much no respect for his parents. |
| 346 | * FatIdiot: He's quite a chubby kid and is very dimwitted too. |
| 347 | * HiddenDepths: Surprisingly, he enjoys dancing. |
| 348 | * SimpletonVoice: Speaks in a slow, deep voice that emphasizes his sluggish demeanor. |
| 349 | * WellDoneSonGuy: Inverted. He doesn't want anyone, especially his parents, to think that he can be good at anything (for it could lead to ''expectations'' !), and puts the most of his effort into cultivating his mediocrity. |
| 350 | [[/folder]] |
| 351 | |
| 352 | !!'''Others''' |
| 353 | |
| 354 | [[folder:The Mice]] |
| 355 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_mice.png]] |
| 356 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Jamie Aditya (both) |
| 357 | Two surly and troublesome mice who serve as the throne carriers of King Tubby and otherwise do all the hard work around the cats' mansion. Neither of them like having to work for the cats at all, but since the only other choice is being cat food, they've decided it's the lesser of two evils. |
| 358 | ---- |
| 359 | * BeleagueredAssistant: They spend most of their days being bossed around by King Tubby, pushed around by the other cats, and generally being put upon as they do everything the cats don't care enough to do. |
| 360 | * ButtMonkey: The natural result of being two mice in a house with 15 cats and a human who thinks she's one. In particular, Kitty enjoys chasing them and toying with them. |
| 361 | * FatAndSkinny: The white mouse is the fat one to the brown mouse's skinny. |
| 362 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: They're pretty much always seen together and appear to be very close friends. |
| 363 | * {{Jerkass}}: Even disregarding the fact the cats constantly push them around and boss them like slaves, the two mice aren't exactly nice guys and are quick to take advantage of any opportunities they can against the cats. |
| 364 | * AMischiefOfMice: They enjoy getting into mischief and causing trouble whenever they don't have any work to do. Fortunately, the cats' presence usually prevents them from getting away with anything. |
| 365 | * NoNameGiven: They're only referred to as Mouse 1 and Mouse 2. |
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